. Official proceedings . COMPARISON OF TIME OCCUPIED IN SUPPLYING COAL TO FURNACEBY HAND. STOKER AXD HAND-FIRING—EASTBOUND TRIPS. Hand-Fired—On duty 14 hours and 15 Coal to Fire-Box—1 hour and 59 —On duty 14 hour and 40 minutes=( )Supplying Coal to Fire-Box—2 minutes and 23 seconds. The remaining trips are shown below and the figuresare: Hand-Fired—On duty 13 hours and 35 Coal to Fire-Box—2 hours and 5 —On duty 15 hours and 59 minutes=(S5% ).Supplying Coal to Fire-Box—13 minutes and 21 seconds. 27. COMPARISON OF
. Official proceedings . COMPARISON OF TIME OCCUPIED IN SUPPLYING COAL TO FURNACEBY HAND. STOKER AXD HAND-FIRING—EASTBOUND TRIPS. Hand-Fired—On duty 14 hours and 15 Coal to Fire-Box—1 hour and 59 —On duty 14 hour and 40 minutes=( )Supplying Coal to Fire-Box—2 minutes and 23 seconds. The remaining trips are shown below and the figuresare: Hand-Fired—On duty 13 hours and 35 Coal to Fire-Box—2 hours and 5 —On duty 15 hours and 59 minutes=(S5% ).Supplying Coal to Fire-Box—13 minutes and 21 seconds. 27. COMPARISON OF TIME OCCUPIED IX SUPPLYING COAL TO FURNACEBY HAND. HAND-FIRING AND STOKER—WESTBOUND TRIPS. It is hardly necessary to comment on the difference inlabor required. Please do not think that I will forget the usual topic,Fuel Economy as I intend to refer to it later, but I amsure that all railroad men of experience will agree with methat it is quite desirable to increase coal consumption toobtain greater earnings. In 1!)1T Mr. Slasori Thompson tells us that in spite ofthe extraordinary price of coal that the fuel costs representedbut of the earnings. It will always be economy toexchange for a dollar of earnings a dime for coal. Coalshould not be wasted, neither should money for maintenancecf equipment, ( of the earnings) or other items. 28 The relation between earnings per train mile andexpense for coal per train mile, taken from the annual reportof one oi our largest railroads is given lor your considera-tion.
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